Fred linnemeier



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P. LINNEMEIER.

TONGUE IRON.

Patented Dec. 14,1897.

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FRED LINNEMEIER, OF FAIRMONT, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MATTHEW PFEIFFER, OF SAME PLACE.

TONGUE-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,640, dated December 1 897- Application filed March 18, 1897. Serial No. 628,130. (N m em To. all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, FRED LINNEMEIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairmont, in the county of Martin and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tongue-Irons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in tongue-irons and the object of the same is to provide a construction whereby the accidental displacement of the neck-yoke from the tongue-iron in event of the breaking of any part of the harness is prevented.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved tongue-iron, and Fig. 2 is an edge View of the attachment. Fig. 3 illustrates a portion of a neck-yoke with ring to be used on buggies in connection with the tongue-iron.

Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates the securing portion of the tongue-iron, through which the bolts 2 pass for attaching the iron to the tongue. Nuts 3 upon the ends of the bolt secure the iron in position. downwardly from one end of the securingplate is the holdback-arm 4, which curves forwardly, as illustrated. Extending downwardly and re'arwardly toward the holdbackarm is the arm 5. This arm 5 terminates a short distance from the holdback-arm, as will appear from the drawings, and the extremity of the same is recessed at 6. The latch 7 is reduced at one end at 8, which reduced end is adapted to extend within the recess of the arm 5 and be pivoted therein, as will be understood. The opposite end of this latch is inclined, so as to correspond to the curvature of the extremity of the holdback-arm upon which it rests and normally closes the space between the two arms. For holding the latch closed I provide a leaf-spring 9, which is se- Projecting cured at one end upon the upper side of the arm 5 and rests at its free end upon the latch.

10 indicates a portion of the neck-yoke,from

the under side of which is suspended the ring 11. This ring is adapted to be positioned between the holdback-arm 4 and the arm 5 and be secured therein by the spring-latch, as will be understood. Thus it will be seen that in event of the straps of the harness breaking the neck-yoke will not be disengaged from the tongue-iron, but the ring of the same will be retained by the spring-latch.

In Fig. 3, 11 indicates a plate which depends from the yoke and is formed with the eye 12 in the depending portion, by means of which the yoke is connected to the tongueiron. The upper portion of the plate is bent to embrace a portion of the circumference of the yoke, while the plate 13 embraces the remaining portion of the yoke and is secured to the plate 11 by bolts 14 and nuts 15.

The yoke is formed with a shoulder 16 on each end of the plates, so that the same are prevented from moving longitudinally thereon. This ring can be in place of the leather now in use.

From the above description it will be seen that with my improved tongue-iron it is impossible for the neck-yoke to become accidentally displaced therefrom, but the same may be quickly and readily removed or inserted within the iron.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A pole-tip comprising a securing-plate, a holdback-arm extending forwardly from the securing plate and having its extremity curved downwardly, an arm extending rearwardly from the opposite end of the plate but terminating short of the holdback-arm, said arm being slotted adjacent its extremity, a short arm or latch having its end reduced and extending within the slotted end of the arm where it is pivoted, and having its opposite end curved to conform to the contour of the curved downwardly-extended extremity of the holdback-arm, said latch adapted to close the space bet-ween said arms, and a In testimony whereof I have signed this spring secured at one end upon the upper specification in the presence of two subscribsurface of the arm to which the latch is piving Witnesses.

oted and extending across the meeting ends FRED LINNEMEIER. of said arm and latch to hold the latter n0r- \Vitnesses: I mally closing the space between the two arms, H. VV'. SINCLAIR,

substantially as described. \V. M. HAY. 

